The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-06-09
EXCITING EVICTION SCENES.
Collisions Between the BaIIins and Peopis
at Rodyke, Ireland.

at BOdykes lrelanus
DUBIfS, June 4.-Evictioils at Bodyke
continue but the tenants are ohering all
the opposition in their power to the sherln
and his guard of police and troops, and ma
various means Of seriously annoying the
officers. In some OF the houses from whlch
the occupants were to be evicted cayenne
pepper was burned, the fumes of which
nearly choked the bailiffs. Boiling water
was also thrown from the windows upon
the evicting force. AT two houses where
evictions were effected collisions occurred
betweeIi the police and the people, and
humber of arrests were made. When the
aheriffs force arrived st the house OF
tenant Lyddy and ordered the family 10
leave. a daughter of Mr.. Lyddy threw an IRON
hoop at a bailiff who attempted to enter the
door. She was arrested. Her brother was
also arrested for melting the crowd to Vlo-
lence against the police. Another daugh-
ter who denounced the treatment her fam
lily were receiving was struck by pollce-
man and felled to the ground. ms
maddened the crowd and they advanced
for the purpose Of attacking the officers,
but Michael Davitt, who was present,
pleaded with the people not to use violence,
and barely managed to avert collision
After the Lyddy family had been evicted
the police made an attack upon the house
of man named Mcnamara, which was
/ strongly fortified CrOwbars were used
and hole was made through the wall
Mrs Mcnamara and her children were IN
the house and cried piteously until MI
Davitt shouted words OF comfort TO them.
Mcnamara was arrested for peltlng the
bailiffs, who smashed the furniture OF the
house out of pure malice. Leaving the
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to the house of Hussey, whose eviction
was unsuceessfuly attempted few days
ago. He had prepared 10 receive the
baiiffs by filling his house with friends
and barricading every door and window
AS the evicting party came within reach
! tine occupants of the house showered boil
| ing water upon their heads and pelted them
| with stones, bottles, etc, until they were
! compelled to retreat. Repeated assaults
! were made upon the house, but each time
! the assailants were driven back until Al
last the troops were ordered to fire upon
| the building at the next assault should the
! shower of stones and hot water be kept up
The bailiffs, under cover of the troops
again advanced upon the house. and "lt1
some difficulty battered hole IN the wall
through which they entered. fierce hgh1
ensued within the house. resulting In the
repulsc of the balliffs, who were tumbleo
out through the hole in the wall bleeding
and with their clothing nearly torn from
them Another party succeeded them, anc
after entering the building forced the oc
cupants out, accomplishing the eVlctloI
after hard fight, lasting two hours and
half from the time of the first assault. Th'
male defenders of HusSey's house, lnclud
ing Hussey himself, were arrested. Ate
the eviction of Hussey meeting was held
which was addressed by Michael Davltt
who repeated the advice he gave yesterday
to resist eviction by all possible means, an'
reiterated his defiance OF the Government
to arrest him.